In the same way as Apple’s Final Cut Studio changed the way feature films, documentaries, and music videos are created, the company’s brand-new Logic Studio will surely be the benchmark for any and all computer-based audio workstations. At its heart is the update all Logic Pro users have been waiting for: Logic Pro 8, which features a redesigned interface that makes it easier than ever to write, record, edit, and mix your music. The new Arrange Window is cleaner and consolidates a number of production processes in one elegantly designed workspace. Apple has taken to heart user feedback it’s gotten since it acquired eMagic and made those suggestions the key goals for this incarnation of Logic Pro. Consider these features:
- Simplified Setup with production-ready templates, a streamlined track setup window, and dynamic channel strip creation
- Improved ReWire support
- Region-based take management streamlines multitake recording, editing, and processing
- Amazingly streamlined take comping
- True surround sound mixing and processing
- Dongle-free operation (a simple serial number is all that’s required!)
But that’s just the beginning, Logic Studio includes far more than just Logic Pro 8! The suite also includes a new application called MainStage, which is designed to let you perform with all your software instruments and effects on stage, while Soundtrack Pro 2 lets you create cinematic scores with powerful editing tools, surround mixing, and a streamlined design. An amazing set of 40 powerful instrument plug-ins allow you to play almost any instrument you can think of and includes the largest collection of software instruments available in a single box:
- Ultrabeat is your new percussion section. It won’t raid your fridge or show up late for a gig. There are 50 new drum kits with 400 patterns and over 1,000 sounds that you can program using step automation and a new Full View drum grid editor, plus you can import EXS24 drum kits.
- The EXS24 Sampler now includes a mind-bending collection of over 1,300 acoustic and electric instruments plus a redesigned editor.
- Sculpture lets you create amazingly expressive instruments using the world’s most advanced modeling technology in mono, stereo or full surround sound.
- Need synths? Logic Studio has them in all flavors from FM, subtractive, analog modeling and the flagship ES2 synth with surround panning.
Want more? How about 80 effects plug-ins, including the new Delay Designer multi-tap delay. Waveburner CD-creation software is also included as is Compressor 2 for creating AC3 and other data-compressed audio formats. Throw in gigabyte after gigabyte of Jam Packs, Apple Loops, EXS sampler instruments, and tons more – over 45 gigabytes total for the entire package – and you have one astounding audio production package!
But the most amazing thing about Logic Studio is without question its price: Just $499! No, that’s not a typo, it’s really just $499! What’s more, if you purchased Logic Pro 7 on or after August 1st of this year, you’re eligible for a free upgrade to Logic Studio (there is a $9.95 shipping and handling charge). For owners of other versions of Logic Pro or Logic Platinum/Gold 5 or 6, the upgrade is just $199. Own Logic Express? Then you can upgrade to Logic Studio for only $299. Seriously, this is without question the best deal we’ve encountered in years!
Need more information? Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer right now at (800) 222-4700 for all the details!
